Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced the promotion of Courtney Turnage Walker to the newly created role of U.S. Head of Contract Surety. She was previously Senior Vice President, Surety Underwriting.

“BHSI’s surety book has grown steadily over the past decade with strong profitability, and Courtney has been a key driver of that growth,” said Geoff Delisio, Head of Surety, BHSI. “In her new leadership position, Courtney will draw on decades of surety experience to take our contract surety business to the next level for BHSI and our customers.”

Courtney joined BHSI in 2014 as Vice President, Surety Underwriting. Her 30 years of surety experience spans underwriting, underwriting consulting and claims. An attorney, she has also served as surety claims counsel.

BHSI provides performance, payment, advance payment, maintenance, supply and warranty bonds in the U.S. Its surety team has extensive technical expertise in Public Private Partnerships and alternative methods of project delivery.

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (www.bhspecialty.com) provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, transactional liability, surety, marine, travel, programs, accident and health, medical stop loss, homeowners, and multinational insurance. The actual and final terms of coverage for all product lines may vary. It underwrites on the paper of Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity group of insurance companies, which hold financial strength ratings of A++ from AM Best and AA+ from Standard & Poor's. Based in Boston, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Columbia, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, Plymouth Meeting, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Stevens Point, Adelaide, Auckland, Barcelona, Brisbane, Brussels, Cologne, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Lyon, Macau, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, and Zurich.

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